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Amanda Freitag Leaving Gusto for Harrison, Anne Burrell Taking Over

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Amanda Freitag is leaving <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/gusto/">Gusto</a>, her popular West Village perch, and moving downtown to <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/harrison/">the Harrison</a>, where owner Jimmy Bradley tells us she was his first choice. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to go in a new direction,&#8221; Bradley tells us. &#8220;We were doing French cookery in a New American style, but with Amanda the menu is going to be lusty, soulful, rustic Mediterranean-inspired cookery.&#8221; The changeover should happen in January. As for Gusto, it will come under the control of Anne Burrell, the chef at Gusto&#8217;s sister restaurant <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/centro-vinoteca/">Centro Vinoteca</a>. With Centro packed nearly every night, the time is right for Burrell to expand her authority.

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Amanda Freitag is leaving Gusto, her popular West Village perch, and moving downtown to the Harrison, where owner Jimmy Bradley tells us she was his first choice. “We’re going to go in a new direction,” Bradley tells us. “We were doing French cookery in a New American style, but with Amanda the menu is going to be lusty, soulful, rustic Mediterranean-inspired cookery.” The changeover should happen in January. As for Gusto, it will come under the control of Anne Burrell, the chef at Gusto’s sister restaurant Centro Vinoteca. With Centro packed nearly every night, the time is right for Burrell to expand her authority.